病床

• 拼音: bìng chuáng
• 汉字拆解: 病 = 疒 (illness radical) + 丙 (third); 床 = 广 (shelter) + 木 (wood), depicting a wooden sleeping platform

含义

Hospital bed; sickbed. The bed used by patients in medical facilities.

Used literally for hospital beds and metaphorically for being hospitalized or seriously ill. 病床数 (number of hospital beds) is an important metric in healthcare discussions.

例句

1. 疫情高峰期间，医院的病床一度供不应求。
2. 他在病床上躺了半年，终于康复出院了。
3. 这家新建的医院拥有三千张病床，缓解了就医压力。

用法指南

语境: medical, healthcare, news

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 病床周转率是衡量医院效率的重要指标。(Hospital bed turnover rate is an important indicator of hospital efficiency.)
• 她每天都去医院陪护病床上的母亲。(She goes to the hospital every day to care for her mother in the hospital bed.)

错误说法

• 我感冒了，躺在病床上。(For resting at home with a cold, just say 躺在床上 — 病床 specifically means hospital beds)

起源与历史

病 (illness, sick) + 床 (bed). A straightforward compound for a bed for the sick.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal